Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:32:46 +0200
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Message-Id: <199908091432.QAA14393@acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: mwyatt AT shell1 DOT ncal DOT verio DOT com (Mike Wyatt)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: How to control cursor position?
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Organization: RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

In article <Orhr3.72$F77 DOT 3618 AT nuq-read DOT news DOT verio DOT net> you wrote:
> Back when I used to write C stuff with an old warhorse Borland Dos
> Compiler (Eons ago) there was a function that took and x and a y
> coordinate and stuck the cursor at those coords on the screen.  Another
> one had no arguments, but returned the x and y coordinates.  Is there a
> similar function in the DJGPP compiler?

Not only do these functions exist, they even have the same name and
calling syntax as the Borland versions. DJGPP tries to be compatible
to old Borland DOS compilers, among other goals. Go and checkout

	info libc alpha gotoxy

or more generally,

	info libc func conio

for the details.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.